PHOTOS: Duck, duck, release

Almost three months ago, Kathryn Torres of Shrewsbury found a flock of mallard ducklings near her home and the mother nowhere in sight. After the eleven ducklings followed her to her Ireta Road home Torres, her husband Louis, daughters Alysa, 15, Maya, 11, son Andres, 9, began to raise them. Saturday the family decided it was time to set the ducklings free.

Almost three months ago, Kathryn Torres of Shrewsbury found a flock of mallard ducklings near her home and the mother nowhere in sight. After the eleven ducklings followed her to her Ireta Road home, Torres, her husband Louis, daughters Alysa, 15, Maya, 11, son Andres, 9, began to raise them. The family kept the ducks in their pool cabana at first, letting them swim in a kiddie pool, and later the pool. Torres' husband Louis learned where to buy duck food and built a duck house. Shrewsbury animal control told the family that the ducks could be released in any body of water in the wild. "I'm nervous because they've never been out on there own" Torres said. "Everyone's been calling me momma duck" she added.